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Sarah B. Bush is a Professor of K–12 STEM Education and the Lockheed Martin Eminent Scholar Chair at the University of Central Florida (UCF). She is the Director of the Lockheed Martin/UCF Mathematics and Science Academy and program coordinator of the Mathematics Education PhD track. Dr. Bush was recently appointed to serve as a member of the United States National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNC/MI) (through the National Academy of Sciences). She is a former member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Board of Directors (2019-2022). Bush is a former middle school mathematics teacher and received her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction specialized in Mathematics Education from the University of Louisville.

Since 2010, Dr. Bush’s productivity includes 6.3+ million dollars in externally funded projects primarily from the National Science Foundation (NSF) including serving as Principal Investigator of a Noyce Track 3, Empowering STEM Teachers with Earned Doctorates: A Noyce Program for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Teachers. Bush has authored 13 peer-reviewed books; more than 110 peer-reviewed publications published or in-press; and 175+ peer-reviewed and invited international, national, regional, and state presentations. Bush’s research focuses on mathematics education, transdisciplinary STE(A)M education, and teacher professional learning. Bush is also dedicated to mentoring faculty seeking federal grant funding for the first time.

• Mathematics Education
• Transdisciplinary STE(A)M Education
• STEM Teacher Professional Learning and Leadership

Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Mathematics Education
University of Louisville

• Deepening student and teacher understanding of mathematics through transdisciplinary STE(A)M problem-based inquiry
• Mathematics, science, and STE(A)M teacher professional development effectiveness
• STEM teacher leadership

Empowering STEM Teachers with Earned Doctorates: A Noyce Program for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Teachers

• Principal Investigator: Sarah B. Bush, Ph.D.
• Co-Principal Investigators: Juli Dixon. Ph.D. (until June 2025), Lisa Brooks, Ed.D. and Brian Moore, Ph.D.
• Sponsor: National Science Foundation
• Award Period: 4/1/2021 to 3/31/2026
• Total Award: $1,459,394

• UCF Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award (SoTL), University Awardee (2022)
• UCF Research Incentive Award (RIA), CCIE Awardee (2022)
• UCF Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, University and CCIE Awardee (2022)
• School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA) Award for Excellence in Integrating Science and Mathematics (2021)
• UCF Excellence in Research Award, CCIE Awardee (2021)

• EDG 7987: Dissertation in Practice
• MAE 7805: Policies, Practices, and Structures in K-8 Mathematics Education
• MAE 6918: Directed Research
• MAE 7980: Dissertation Mathematics Education
• MAE 7795: Seminar in Research in Mathematics Education
• IDS 7500: Research Seminar in Education
• IDS 6937: Teaching Mathematics and Science Using Reform-Based Practices
• IDS 6939: Reforming Curriculum in Mathematics and Science Education